Ominous Black Ring UFO Hovers Over Beach Goers in China

• When: August 13th, 2017
• Where: Dalian, China (Liaoning Province)
• What: Black ring hovering over beach; Possibly Identified: smoke ring caused by explosion, fire or pollution in area

This week, beach goers in China observed an ominous black ring hover over them in the daytime sky.  Videos and photos were taken of the event, which also made international headlines:

Strange black smoke ring hovers over beach goers in China, photo credit: http://www.ibtimes.co.in/that-ufo-mysterious-ring-over-chinese-beach-baffles-beachgoers-video-738523

Another view of the UFO ring over a Chinese beach, photo credit: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4788276/Shocking-beachgoers-UFO-like-object-floating-above.html

As scary as this sighting was, was it a true UFO sighting? Smoke rings like this do appear from time to time, but their origins can be traced to man-made pollution, fires, or explosions. Case in point, in 2014 in China, a factory fire caused a black ring, just like this one, to appear in the sky:

Smoke ring created by a factory fire in China (2014), photo credit: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2753787/The-ring-ire-danger-Pollution-alert-smoke-rings-fibreglass-factory-fire.html

While this sighting may not indicate that aliens are visiting, it could indicate an explosion or pollution in the area. Oddly enough, there was a fire at an oil refinery reported in Dalian, China during the week of this sighting, but on the 17th, four days after this event! Perhaps there were issues at the refinery before this most recent explosion, but issues that were not made known to the public... except through an eerie black smoke ring.

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